This might be the last NTK for a bit, or at least, it may change in nature. See, I’m leaving comics retail and going into something very different, so I don’t know that I’ll still be filtering the comics press. You can always follow my Tumblr though, I’m often found reblogging cool art. Anyway, ONWARD!

It’s good to break your own rules every now and again. If you haven’t already seen this Constantine trailer, hopefully when you have, you’ll understand NTK breaking it’s “we’re about comics, not movies/TV/videogames” rule. Along the lines of moving pictures drawing attention to comics, the upcoming TMNT movie looks and sounds like a turkey, but a plus is it’s throwing light on TMNT history. For a more niche half-shell hero, check out Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew’s The Shadow Hero. Classic thrills and encoded themes all in one! And the most interesting thing about the recent Spider-Man movie? Deciding whether it’s a hit or a flop (though this article on Gwen Stacy’s death is eye-opening).

WonderCon happened again, and the CBR directory of coverage is here, with the announcement of even more Artist’s Editions to come. There’s something here about how arcs/titles people don’t normally speak of often become special, coveted even, when they’re available in this format, almost as if this was the only way people could really appreciate the art. Is the rise of the artist’s edition a parallel to the fall of the marquee artist? Do they say something about the mainstream/superhero comics market’s fetishisation of visual art in contrast to its commoditisation of writing comics? Either way, for our money, Linework sounds like the place to be this time next year! After all, it’s co-founded by Study Group’s own Zack Soto, and by the way, have you heard the word about Study Group 3D? The word is GOOD.

Does this remind anyone else of Black Science #1, but with less eye-boggling art, and more fun? While questions are flying, this “Multiversity” thing that bald Scotsman is rabbiting about… will it actually ship? And have you ever encountered the Brothers of Blood?

Siegfried is a comic book adaption by Alex Alice of Wagner’s classic Norse Mythos inspired opera Ring of the Nibelung, it follows the titular Siegfried on his archetypal journey toward destiny. It has been published by Archaia and volumes 1 and 2 are available now wherever fine comic books are sold.

The other day I got into a conversation online a bit about what I see are the intrinsic failures of digital comics despite their huge advantages of accessibility(anything that allows me not to go to the shitty LCS and get treated like a childish idiot is a good thing for my money and sanity). Basically what I said was that for the most part because of the size of the tablets on which most of this work is displayed for the reader, much of the oomph and awe that a comic can produce has been removed. I have a…